The cacophony of noise emanating from Simon Howard’s lush backyard is unbelievable. If you closed your eyes, you’d think you were in the middle of a pest-free sanctuary, not a five minute drive from New Plymouth’s CBD. The tūī flit loudly, dive bombing each other as they fight over their turn of the sugar-water stands. Tauhou (silvereyes/wax-eyes) weave and bob on the trellis overhead, drawn in by their smaller bowl. ‘’The wax-eyes come in first thing and drink up until the sugar water level is
Urban predator control looks to be paying off in New Plymouth, with new data showing a decline in the city’s rat population. In more good news, a new Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research report shows there has been an increase in fantails, grey warblers and silvereyes across New Plymouth over the past five years. These are promising signs that trapping is making a difference to our native birds, says Towards Predator-Free Taranaki’s Steve Ellis. “Our community should be proud of what it has
Information about Total Mobility providers and their fares, and the availability of wheelchair-capable vehicles. Which transport providers are involved? Taranaki Total Mobility providers [PDF, 18 KB] Nationwide Total Mobility providers [PDF, 237 KB] Wheelchair-accessible vehicles Freedom Companion Driving Service, Driving Miss Daisy and Ironside Vehicle Society are the only North Taranaki- based transport providers who have wheelchair-capable vehicles. STOPS have a wheelchair-capable vehicle
on whole lengths i.e. Pātea Awa mountain to sea
Learn more about our waterways and take action for te taiao
education@trc.govt.nz
Term 3 onwards the above is available through your TRC Educator
page
World Biodiversity Day 22/5
NOW FULL - register your interest for 2026
Join your host Rotokare Scenic Reserve and Enviroschools for
a fun day of enviro action focused on all things biodiversity.
Birds, bugs, lizards, trees, wetlands species and more!
Open to any school or
consent. There were no unauthorised incidents noted in respect to the Stratford landfill
during the year under review.
The Council’s monitoring programme for the year under review for the Huiroa and Pukengahu closed
landfills included one site inspection each, along with two water samples collected from each site for
physicochemical analysis.
The monitoring showed that there were no significant adverse effects occurring as a result of the exercise of
the Huiroa or Pukengahu landfill